Re: Teaser thread...
Posted by shinyribs on Jun 21, 2018; 2:12am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/CB1100F-The-Keeper-Build-tp4053992p4063520.html
Things are heppenin' here.
Hackjob has moved on to greener pastures ( to someone that will actually finish it)...
...in return, Hackjob's new owner painted the bodywork for the 100 for me ( the cowl and fender is painted, too, just not pictured). So I moved the second lift and the 1100 in to the new shop, finally.
Drug out my assortment of assorted thngs and tried some one for size.
GSXR forks are way too short ( no surprise there). CBR600RR arm is way too long.
F3 arm is a good fit, tough. About 1.5" longer wheelbase. Not much of a visual change, but it's a stiffer arm and will allow the use of a F3 mono shock and it's linkage...if I can get that stuff to fit over the engine.
Drug the heart out to make things easier to manage.
Whipped up another engine stand. This one with wheels since this engine weighs as much as I do.
Went for a loose mockup. I'm seeing 10" from bottom of the frame tubes to the ground and 33" seat height to the low spot. Not bad ride height for sitting on 17's.
This mock up showed I'd need about 32" long forks. CBR600 F3 forks are 31.75" and the front rim has a 60 series tire on it. I checked that 120/60 against the 120/70 on my FZ07 and the 70 series tire is half inch taller, so that gives me the full 32" I needed.
I was thinking about twin shocks, but seeing that bigass tail floating in mid air seriously makes me want to go mono shock now. I've got a F3 shock and linkage in the mail to me now, but I'm not sure it will work. The F3 shock lays at a weird angle. If it happens to clear the cases it's definitely gonna kill the battery box.
Was gonna do a stem swap and hang the whole F3 front end on the bike, but the offset in the yokes is too shallow and I'm gonna run the stock instrument panel/ front cowl. I've never had a bike with a dashboard before. There is SO MUCH STUFF hanging off the yokes of the 1100 that it would be a nightmare remounting everything. So...the stock 1100 yokes are currently at a friends house waiting to be bored to accept the 41mm F3 legs. 
I'm still focusing my attention on the XL500, but I'm fiddling with this one the side. Waiting on a muffler for the XL to show up so I can fab up a midpipe.
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/CB1100F-The-Keeper-Build-tp4053992p4063520.html
Things are heppenin' here.
Hackjob has moved on to greener pastures ( to someone that will actually finish it)...
...in return, Hackjob's new owner painted the bodywork for the 100 for me ( the cowl and fender is painted, too, just not pictured). So I moved the second lift and the 1100 in to the new shop, finally.
Drug out my assortment of assorted thngs and tried some one for size.
GSXR forks are way too short ( no surprise there). CBR600RR arm is way too long.
F3 arm is a good fit, tough. About 1.5" longer wheelbase. Not much of a visual change, but it's a stiffer arm and will allow the use of a F3 mono shock and it's linkage...if I can get that stuff to fit over the engine.
Drug the heart out to make things easier to manage.
Whipped up another engine stand. This one with wheels since this engine weighs as much as I do.
Went for a loose mockup. I'm seeing 10" from bottom of the frame tubes to the ground and 33" seat height to the low spot. Not bad ride height for sitting on 17's.
This mock up showed I'd need about 32" long forks. CBR600 F3 forks are 31.75" and the front rim has a 60 series tire on it. I checked that 120/60 against the 120/70 on my FZ07 and the 70 series tire is half inch taller, so that gives me the full 32" I needed.
I was thinking about twin shocks, but seeing that bigass tail floating in mid air seriously makes me want to go mono shock now. I've got a F3 shock and linkage in the mail to me now, but I'm not sure it will work. The F3 shock lays at a weird angle. If it happens to clear the cases it's definitely gonna kill the battery box.
Was gonna do a stem swap and hang the whole F3 front end on the bike, but the offset in the yokes is too shallow and I'm gonna run the stock instrument panel/ front cowl. I've never had a bike with a dashboard before.
There is SO MUCH STUFF hanging off the yokes of the 1100 that it would be a nightmare remounting everything. So...the stock 1100 yokes are currently at a friends house waiting to be bored to accept the 41mm F3 legs. I'm still focusing my attention on the XL500, but I'm fiddling with this one the side. Waiting on a muffler for the XL to show up so I can fab up a midpipe.
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